1787 in Wales explained

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1787 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Henry Paget^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire – Charles Morgan of Dderw (until 24 May); Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (from 8 June)^[5]
• Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire - Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley^[6]
• Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne^[2]
  • • • Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Vaughan Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire - Richard Myddelton Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire - Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Stuart, Lord Mountstuart^[7]
• Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire - Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet^[8]
• Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis^[2]
• Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford^{[2] [9]}
• Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer^{[10] [2]}
• Bishop of Bangor – John Warren^{[11] [12]}
• Bishop of Llandaff – Richard Watson^[13]
• Bishop of St Asaph – Jonathan Shipley^[14]
• Bishop of St Davids – Edward Smallwell^[15]

Events

• March - Hester Piozzi returns from Italy with her second husband.^[16]
• November - Richard Crawshay uses puddling at the Cyfarthfa ironworks.^[17]
• December - Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), shortly before his death, sells his manuscript collection.
• date unknown
  • Thomas Charles opens his first Sunday school, at Hengoed.^[18]
  • The first Cymmrodorion Society is disbanded.^[19]
  • Iolo Morganwg spends time as a prisoner in Cardiff jail.^[20]
  • Construction of Margam orangery begins.^[21]

Arts and literature

New books

• John Thelwall - Poems upon various subjects

Music

• Elis Roberts - Pedwar Chwarter y Flwyddyn
• Nathaniel Williams - Ychydig o Hymnau Newyddion
• William Williams Pantycelyn - Rhai Hymnau Newyddion

Sport

• 27 February - Royal British Bowmen, an archery society, formed in Wrexham.^[22]

Births

• 26 May - Richard Jones, printer (died 1855)^[23]
• 8 June - William Conybeare, geologist (died 1857)^[24]
• 9 July - Taliesin Williams, poet and author (died 1847)^[25]
• 2 October - Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc), historian (died 1848)^[26]

Deaths

• 3 February - Philip David, Independent minister, 77^[27]
• 24 May - Charles Morgan of Dderw, politician, 50^[28]
• 18 June - John Egerton, controversial Bishop of Bangor 1756–1768, 65^[29]
• 3 November - Robert Lowth, Bishop of St David's 1766, 76^[30]
• date unknown
  • William Elias, poet, 79

Notes and References

1. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 24.
2. Book: J.C. Sainty . John Sainty (civil servant) . List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 . Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd . London . 1979.
3. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 695.
4. Book: Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. 169.
5. Book: Edwin Poole. The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions. Edwin Poole. 1886. 378.
6. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 26.
7. Book: Nicholas, Thomas . Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore . 1991 . 9780806313146 . 612.
8. Book: Edward Breese. Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. 1873. 29.
9. s-PHIL-PIC-1491. Philipps family, of Picton. Bertie George Charles. 1959. 19 October 2021.
10. Book: Jonathan Williams. The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. 1859. 115.
11. Book: Thomas Duffus Hardy. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales.... University Press. 1854. 305.
12. Book: The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. 95.
13. Book: John Henry James. A History and Survey of the Cathedral Church of SS. Peter, Paul, Dubritius, Teilo, and Oudoceus, Llandaff. Western Mail. 1898. 16.
14. Book: The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. 15.
15. Book: Guides and Handbooks. Royal Historical Society (Great Britain). 1939. 163.
16. Book: McCarthy, William . Hester Thrale Piozzi, portrait of a literary woman . University of North Carolina Press . Chapel Hill . 1985 . 9780807816592 . 51 . en.
17. Book: Charles K. Hyde. Technological Change and the British Iron Industry, 1700-1870. 12 March 2019. Princeton University Press. 978-0-691-65634-2. 91.
18. Book: James Comper GRAY. Sunday School World: an encyclopædia of facts ... on Sunday-School Matters. Edited by J. C. G.. 1871. 11.
19. Book: Emrys Jones. Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England). The Welsh in London, 1500-2000. 21 September 2001. University of Wales Press on behalf of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. 978-0-7083-1697-9. 94.
20. Book: Unitarian Historical Society, London. Transactions. 1959. 99.
21. Book: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales. An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan. 1976. RCAHMW. 978-0-11-700754-3. 323.
22. Book: Regulations of the Society of Royal British Bowmen. Established, February 27th. 1787 . 21 April 2018 . Creative Media Partners, LLC . 978-1-385-06773-4.
23. s-JONE-RIC-1787. Jones, Richard (1787-1855?), printer and publisher. William Llewelyn Davies. 1959. 1 November 2021.
24. Book: Academic American Encyclopedia. Grolier Incorporated. 1996. 262.
25. s-WILL-TAL-1787. Williams, Taliesin (Taliesin ab Iolo; 1787-1847), poet and author. Griffith John Williams. 1959. 31 October 2021.
26. s-PRIC-THO-1787. Price, Thomas (Carnhuanawc; 1787-1848), historian and antiquary. Brinley Rees. Brinley Rees. 1959. 31 October 2021.
27. Philip David. s-DAVI-PHI-1709. Williams. Griffith John. 13 December 2016.
28. Book: Lewis Namier. John Brooke. The House of Commons 1754-1790. 1985. Boydell & Brewer. 978-0-436-30420-0. 165–.
29. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Egerton,_John_(1721-1787)_(DNB00) "John Egerton"
30. Book: The Royal Kalendar, Or, Complete and Correct Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, for the Year .... 1817. J. Debrett.. 3.